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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William …<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div style='margin-top:6.0pt;font-size:0.875rem' id="m_1052177444656811388gmail-:wb"><div id="m_1052177444656811388gmail-:wt"><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>>…<span style='color:#222222'>A constitutional amendment to balance the budget would be a gift.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>spike</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:#888888'>Your favorite pie in the sky fantasy. Now Spike, just </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>what percentage of the population do you think </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>understand that?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>I agree it is unlikely to happen. Eventually of course a balanced budget will be imposed upon the fed by the lack of lenders. That will be a most unpleasant time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>